Mohamed El-Erian Quotes
The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence.
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When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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Custom is second nature.
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My identity comprises of more than just my faith. I am a proud Muslim, but I am also a liberal, a Briton, a Pakistani, a Londoner, a father, a product of the globalised world who speaks English, Arabic and Urdu.
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One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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If you would attract good fortune, you must get rid of doubt. As long as that stands between you and your ambition, it will be a bar that will cut you off. You must have faith. No man can make a fortune while he is convinced that he can't.
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Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
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American society loves to prop people up and then take them down.
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A wise traveler never depreciates their own country.
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Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.
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You can have the best training, but just feeling full can make you sluggish and cause you to lose.
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I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.
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One hundred years ago, the slave was freed. One hundred years later, the Negro remains in bondage to the color of his skin. The Negro today asks justice. We do not answer him - we do not answer those who lie beneath this soil - when we reply to the Negro by asking, 'Patience.'
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2008 was to the American economy what 9/11 was to national security. Yet while 9/11 prompted the U.S. government to tear up half the Constitution in the name of public safety, after 2008, authorities went in the other direction.
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Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by an opponent who submits to no such moral test. To hold on to power, you have not only to master the crafts of deception and treachery but to be prepared to use them where necessary.
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I love making records. That's my favorite part of the whole process. And I love playing live, but certainly getting the music on a disc that's going to live forever and be there forever, just every little detail drives me crazy.
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I'm at the National Theatre School, which is like the Juilliard of Canada.
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I was on them a little bit after the game because they were dumping the ball in his lap when he wasn't hot. But I thought they did a good job of milking the clock.
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The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence.
